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The Meng family's old house is located in the east of the city, surrounded by mountains and rivers, and it is also a treasure land, known as the purple air coming from the east.

When Xi Yufeng arrived, there was no one in the living room.After a while, Mother Meng came down from the stairs and called the aunt at home to make tea.

The two sat down and chatted for a few words.

Seeing Xi Yufeng bring out the prenuptial agreement, Meng's mother loses her face, and she just barely maintains her politeness: "This marriage must be retired?"

Xi Yufeng said: "Instead of wasting time, it's better to solve it as soon as possible, so as not to delay Meng Lan's search for another happy relationship."

Mother Meng pursed her lips and said, "Actually, I don't approve of this marriage. Lan Lan is too playful, and you are..."

After a pause, Mother Meng continued: "But thinking about it is just a formality. You two have no objections, and we as elders have nothing to say. Who would have thought that the wedding date has been set, and the invitations have been sent out, but you changed it again?" idea."

"I didn't think well enough to cause you trouble." Xi Yufeng said, "This matter started because of me. If anyone talks about it, they should say that Meng Lan despised me and dumped me, so as not to damage the Meng family. reputation."

After hearing this, Meng's mother turned pale, and sighed softly: "It's hard for you, your father has such a big incident, you need to take care of it inside and out, it's not easy."

Seeing that the situation was good, Xi Yufeng mentioned the matter of the shareholders meeting. Mother Meng thought for a moment and said, "Your uncle is in charge of business matters, and I have never been involved in them. But since there are shares in Lan Lan's hands, In fact, I don’t want to see turmoil within your group, and even if I can’t stand on your side because of my status, I won’t be against you.”

The words are very clear-you are not married to my daughter, so I have no reason to help you.But since your family has shares on my side, I don't want it to go wrong, so most of them will stand neutral and stay in the mud, so as not to make things worse.

Xi Yufeng didn't expect the Meng family to help him even after retiring the engagement, and getting such a promise was enough.

After talking about the finishing touches after canceling the wedding, Xi Yufeng handed over the prepared pen and pointed to the newly added page at the end of the agreement, the blank space next to Xi Chengli's signature: "If you have no objection, please ask Auntie to sign here. "

Mother Meng carefully read the relevant content about the cancellation of the agreement, and sighed again.

"You young people treat marriage like a joke." She said helplessly, "Meng Chao also met a girl who was very suitable in every aspect on a blind date last year. I promised well, but then I somehow regretted it. gone."

Xi Yufeng had heard about this matter, but at that time, Xiao Yin's mother and son were attacking and kidnapping Jiang Ruo, so he really had no time to care about it.

"Meng Chao is still young," Xi Yufeng said, "You should focus on your career right now."

Mother Meng smiled: "You don't need to comfort me, I haven't heard of how messy he is outside."

Just as he was about to write, a series of hurried footsteps came from upstairs.

Meng Lan stood at the corner of the stairs: "Mom, don't sign for him yet." Then her eyes fell on Xi Yufeng, a little mocking, "Stop coaxing the elders, you have nothing to say to me? "

On the top terrace, Meng Lan stood in the shadow of a building next to the railing, letting the wind blow her skirts.

When walking up the stairs, Xi Yufeng had already seen the mess on the ground, and confirmed that Meng Chao's statement of "everything that could be smashed was smashed" was true.

He stood beside Meng Lan, silent for a while, and suddenly heard Meng Lan ask: "Dare to follow, are you afraid that I will hit you with a copy?"

Looking around, in addition to iron tables and chairs, a few pots of green plants next to the wall can also become weapons.Xi Yufeng has no intention of retreating: "What should come will always come, I'm afraid it's useless."

Meng Lan laughed: "What a great determination. Those who don't know me, Meng Lan, think that I, Meng Lan, are some kind of scourge. Young Master Xi would rather suffer heavy losses and hide."

Xi Yufeng said, "No."

Meng Lan turned to look at him: "Then why do you want to divorce?"

"We're not fit for marriage. I can't give you what you want."

"You know what I want?"

This time Xi Yufeng didn't answer, but Meng Lan could understand from his clear eyes that her heart had been exposed.

She wanted to laugh, but she couldn't when she opened her mouth.

She had no choice but to turn her face away, facing the vast sky ahead, Meng Lan suddenly remembered that at the same place, she once asserted that Xi Yufeng was a cold-blooded animal, even if others showed favor to him, he would only treat him as if they had different feelings for him picture.

Now, she would rather that her judgment never made a mistake, and that Xi Yufeng thought that she wanted to marry him because she had something for him.

She also knew it was the last chance.

"Then can you just pretend you don't know anything?" Meng Lan asked.

"No." Xi Yufeng replied.

At this moment, Meng Lan seemed to see history repeating itself.

Her throat was bitter: "You people are really good at turning other people's lives upside down, and then slap their ass and leave."

She thought of 22 years ago, when her mother gave birth to her younger brother Meng Ze.Her brother is so cute when he smiles, even though he distracts her parents' attention, she still accepts him and is determined to be a good sister.

But Meng Ze disappeared, and for many years after that, the house was as silent as a prison. She didn't dare to speak loudly or laugh wantonly. Whenever she stayed at home, she always had to face her mother's tears and her father's endless tears. sigh.

Later, a teenager appeared in her life.

He always ran home, saying that he was Meng Chao's friend, but he was not the same as Meng Chao at all.He always sat in the cubicle under the stairs, holding a book, and didn't say a word for several hours, but he always attracted Meng Lan to look over there, to see what book he was reading, and whether he was wearing a school uniform today .

There are too many times, and it is inevitable that there will be times when the lines of sight intersect.The young man's face was clear and handsome, and his eyes were as cold as the melting glaciers and snow, but it could make her cheeks burn, and she quickly turned her face away. After a while, she couldn't help turning her neck, and took a sneak peek.

It is such a person who disturbed her heart, and now he wants to leave her.

Meng Lan heard Xi Yufeng say, "I was at fault for this matter, so I gave you shares as compensation."

The word "compensation" made Meng Lan's eyes widen.

"So, you've already planned to divorce?" She couldn't believe it, "I'm afraid I won't accept it if you give it to me alone, so in the name of asking for wine..."

No wonder she gave so much. It would be fine if it was confiscated at the time. If she accepted it, it would undoubtedly mean that she also tacitly agreed that this expensive share was compensation for divorce.

From now on, once this matter gets out, outsiders will only think that the two families have reached an agreement, and making further troubles will only make it appear that the Meng family is making progress.

At this moment, Meng Lan really wanted to laugh, laughing at herself for being stupid, thinking that the shares represented sincerity, and thinking that as long as she got married, she could always win his heart over in time.

In the end, I just fell into his trap, and I didn't take it for myself, but let him take it all.

Anger and sadness, for a moment it was hard to tell which was worse.

Meng Lan only felt the blood in her body rushing to the top of her head, and when she realized it, she had already picked up the flower pot on the side and held it high, just like she usually does when she is angry.

As the target who was about to be smashed, Xi Yufeng stood there motionless, as if he had already prepared for it.

The eye circles turned red immediately, and Meng Lan raised her voice, threateningly shouting: "Why don't you hide? Don't think I like you, so I won't be willing to beat you!"

Xi Yufeng remained calm, looking at her indifferently: "Hit if you want, but it's not like it."

"You just enjoy the pleasure of crushing me and surpassing me."

Over the years, she has to learn all the hobbies that Xi Yufeng has acquired. When Xi Yufeng was rumored to be dating a female celebrity, she would stay out all night with a male celebrity. What I want to do is to prove it to others and to myself - I don't care about him at all, I can play better than him.

It wasn't until this moment that Meng Lan suddenly realized that it was wrong from the beginning.

She chose the wrong person and used the wrong method.

Xi Yufeng is not cold-blooded and heartless, the tenderness he hides in his heart will only be given to those who are also tender to him.

And her self-righteous little tricks will only push him further and further away.

The flowerpot fell to the ground "dangling" and only one corner was broken.

Xi Yufeng bowed to straighten the flower pot, pushed aside the curled leaves, then straightened up, turned around and left.

After taking two or three steps, I heard Meng Lan's weak voice: "Now, do you need marriage to help you consolidate your power? I can help you..."

With little hesitation, Xi Yufeng said: "No, what I want, I will go for it myself."

Meng Lan added: "I can also accept that kind of open marriage relationship."

Xi Yufeng didn't even look back.

"But he can't."

At the beginning of July, two major events were reported in the upper circles of Fengcheng.

The first thing is that Xi Yufeng won a merger and acquisition case, the group reshuffled, and the shareholders meeting passed a resolution that Xi Yufeng, the son of Xi's parents, would be the CEO.Since then, the final decision-making power of the group has been settled. Even if there are a few voices of dissatisfaction, the power is weak and there will be no storms in the short term.

The second matter is related to the Xi family. The crown prince, Xi Yufeng, had just rectified his name, but the marriage with the Meng family was announced to be cancelled.Everyone was surprised and at the same time had a sense of calmness as they expected, and they began to speculate on the inside story, whether Miss Meng's family wanted to open up and didn't want to hang herself on a man whose sexuality was a mystery, or the prince of Xi's family didn't play enough, Why don't you put shackles on yourself?

There are also those who know the old story again - have you all forgotten that there were rumors last year that Young Master Xi confronted his family and refused to get married because of his little lover who was raised outside?

After hearing this, everyone snorted - well, it's just a rumor, how could it be true?

And all these noisy voices did not enter Xi Yufeng's ears.

When the company's affairs were settled, he took the time to fly to Los Angeles.Grandpa Qiao Wanghe has lived in a house in the suburbs here for more than 30 years.

On the way from the airport to Grandpa’s house, the road gets wider and wider, with dense shade on both sides.

Qiao Wanghe stood at the door to greet him at the right time, and personally directed the driver to park the car in the yard, watching Xi Yufeng get out of the car, the gray-haired old man had a kind face, and tapped his cane on the ground to let him come in quickly.

The house is not big, with two floors above and below, it is more than enough for an elderly person and two nurses.

Qiao Wanghe took Xi and Feng to the study and made tea for him himself.

As a junior, Xi Yufeng can't sit still.Qiao Wanghe brought tea, and he got up to take it with both hands. The old man took the opportunity to compare his height.

"It's already so tall." Qiao Wanghe put his hands on his waist, "The last time we met, you came to my place."

Xi Yufeng can still clearly remember the last time they met.

In fact, he has been a stranger to his grandfather since he was a child.

Back then, my mother insisted on marrying Xi Chengli despite my grandfather's objections. It is said that my grandfather was so angry that he didn't even attend the wedding, so he moved to Los Angeles silently and lived here for more than 30 years.

The contact during this period was probably only during a certain summer vacation in elementary school, when Xi Yufeng went abroad to study, and his mother arranged for him to go to Los Angeles one day earlier to accompany his grandfather.

Xu Shi still had resentment in his heart, and that meeting was not pleasant.Qiao Wanghe didn't give Xi Yufeng a good face from the beginning to the end, and he didn't talk to him at the dinner table. After the meal, the grandpa and grandson took each corner of the study, one dealing with documents and the other reading. The day passed quietly like this.

But now, Xi Yufeng knows that his grandfather didn't intend to neglect him back then, and he also remembered that the two meals he ate here included French fries and ice cream, things that only children would like to eat.

Between people, there are some things that don't need to be talked about, but can also be understood by the other party.

So Qiao Wanghe didn't mention those old things. He only asked Xi Yufeng how many days he could stay this time. Hearing that he would go back tomorrow, he said clearly: "At this juncture, you must be busy. But no matter how busy you are, you must pay attention to rest. , good health is more important than anything else.”

The seat and the wind agreed.

The cicadas are singing outside the window, and the fragrance of tea is curling up inside the house.

Near noon, Qiao Wanghe sat on the rattan chair beside the desk and asked casually, "How is your father?"

Xi Yufeng put down the cup in his hand: "It's out of danger, but it hurts the spine, and I'm afraid I won't be able to leave the wheelchair in the future."

Qiao Wanghe snorted: "It's cheap for him."

No one mentioned the car accident, but they all knew it well.

"This tea was your mother's favorite when she was alive." Qiao Wanghe looked at the tea leaves floating in the cup, "She could also drink the tea I made, and she should have been here, with our grandparents..."

Xi Yufeng looked at him with a feeling of embarrassment in his heart.

Taking off the skin of a wealthy businessman, the person in front of him is just an ordinary father who misses his daughter.

Qiao Wanghe said: "Your father can live so many years because of you, otherwise he would have passed away when you were 19 years old. You must not bear the pressure because of this."

Hearing this, Xi Yufeng couldn't help but shudder again.

"I'm fine." He said, "Since he never regarded me as a relative, I don't take him seriously anymore."

Qiao Wanghe seemed to hesitate: "In those years your mother was paranoid and neglected to take care of you, did your father treat you..."

This time Xi Yufeng didn't say "nothing".

He lowered his eyes, then raised them again, his eyes were as cold as frost: "It's been too long, I can't remember clearly."

Stayed in the house for a meal, and Xi Yufeng was going to catch a trade summit in the afternoon.

Qiao Wanghe sent the person to the door on crutches, suddenly thought of something, and asked: "Speaking of which, for so many years, I contacted you every year before your mother's death day, and you didn't agree. Why did you suddenly..."

Hearing this question, Xi Yufeng was stunned for a moment.

It seems that he didn't expect that this question came from his grandfather, whom he hadn't met a few times, and the person who should ask the question, such as Xi Chengli, didn't say a word.

But if you think about it for a while, you can understand that if you don't ask, it's because you don't care.They only care about themselves, regardless of his reasons.

Nowadays, some people care about his motives, but he is not used to it.

But the reasons for this are not difficult to explain.

Xi Yufeng turned sideways and replied in a deep voice, "For one person."

The next day, on the way to the airport, Xi Yufeng received Zhou Xinyao's electronic ticket for the preview of "The Cliff", which will be next Saturday.

Attached a message: come or not as you like, Jiang Ruo will come anyway.

The tone was exactly the same as when the wedding invitation was issued last time.

Xi Yufeng didn't reply, and clicked the QR code to save it to the album.

Then go back, zoom in on the ticket with two fingers, move it, and place a blurred side face in the corner on the poster picture in the center of the screen.

Half an hour later, Zhou Xinyao, who visited the recording site of "The Actor's Flower Road", yelled, "Ah!"

Jiang Ruo, who was touching up her makeup, trembled in fright, and the makeup artist also trembled, and the lipstick was all drawn out.

"Sister, keep your voice down." Jiang Ruo said helplessly, "I'm going to play a deaf-mute on stage later, let me find a sense of peace."

"This can't be quiet!"

Zhou Xinyao approached Jiang Ruo with her mobile phone, and her WeChat was stuck on the chat interface with "President Xi". As soon as she saw the word "Xi", Jiang Ruo hurriedly looked away: "Why show me this..."

"Look, look, look!"

Zhou Xinyao clicked on Xi Yufeng's profile picture to enlarge it, and pressed Jiang Ruo's head to force him to look directly at the screen.

Under this almost forced movement, unless you are blind, it is impossible not to see——

Xi Yufeng's current WeChat avatar is taken from the movie poster of "The Cliff", Jiang Ruo looking up at the side of the sky.